Writing out the date 8.16.11 made me immediately think of the day I’m getting married: 9.17.11!! Coming up sooo quickly! I swear the weeks are going by twice as fast as normal!

6:00 am: Cursing my alarm clock, but finally roll out of bed and downstairs to the workout room – 40 minute treadmill workout (3.5 miles).

8:00 am: Standard coffee + coconut creamer. As you can see, it always makes me really happy. I’m all about the little things…

Breakfast: Overnight oats! This was my first time ever trying overnight oats, but I loved that I could prep everything the night before. I combined 1 cup 2% Greek Yogurt + 1/4 cup steel cut oats + 1/2 cup milk in a tupperware and stirred it until combined. I topped it with frozen raspberries and took the whole thing to work. Not pretty to look at, but filling and delicious – I’m a fan! Have you had overnight oats before? What is your favorite combo?

Lunch: Caribou Coffee’s new grilled gouda turkey pesto sandwich + green beans + green tea. I’ve been looking forward to trying these new Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, plus I had a coupon to use. I knew it would be lacking in veggies so I brought along some green beans from home to round out the meal.

Unfortunately the grilled cheese was a little disappointing. The flavor was great, but it was a bit soggy, 1/4 of the sandwich didn’t have any pesto on it and it wasn’t very filling for the amount of calories (510 calories, 24 grams of fat, 29 grams of protein). Kind of a bummer. 

Snack 1: apple + almond maple butter (Almost had a panic attack when I realized I had finished my peanut butter jar the day before, but thankfully I had a stash in my drawer! You just never know when you are going to be desperately needing some nut butter. )

Snack 2: minnesota sushi (ham + pickle + cream cheese) – I think the last time I had this it was on the blog too! Hopefully you don’t think I eat it all the time…hehe.

6:30 pm: When we arrived home I desperately wanted to go out for a walk but the sky turned dark and thunder and rain followed shortly. Turns out it was good we didn’t head out! 

Dinner: I didn’t really have anything planned (the horror!)…so we went with my standard meal as of late (seriously, I probably have had 6 of them a week) of a Sprouted Tortilla Pizza with marinara + arugula + mozzarella + sriracha for dipping and broccoli on the side.

The pizzas have pretty impressive stats (300 calories, 8.5 grams of fat, 18 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber) – and I don’t feel at all bad for eating two! But mostly they taste great and are really easy to throw together. 

And before I knew it, my yoga bag was packed, my lunch was made and Tuesday was over…how was your Tuesday? 

Whenever anyone asks me what vitamins or supplements they should take, most of the time I always answer with probiotics.

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What are Probiotics? 

• live microorganisms (aka good bacteria!)

Benefits of Probiotics: 

• can help with digestion and nutrient absorption
• can help immune function
• can treat diarrhea
• prevent and treat yeast and urinary infections
• treat irritable bowel syndrome
• prevent and treat eczema in children
• prevent or reduce the severity of colds and flu

How can we add them into our diets? 

• supplements
• kefir
• probiotic drinks
• yogurt
• miso
• fermented foods like kombucha, saurkraut, kimchee, etc.